You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 90 Creepy
Shu Yi was already aroused by what she heard, so she asked:
"What happened? Tell me quickly!"

Ren Tuo did not continue speaking, but turned to look at everyone else, his gaze lingering on Nie Wenjin's face for a moment.

Nie Wenjin noticed his look and felt a little confused.

After thinking for two seconds, she opened her mouth slightly, as if she remembered something, and said in surprise:
"Wait, I think I also..."

"Ren Tuo, did the incident you are talking about happen on Buda Island, about seven or eight years ago?"

The smile on Ren Tuo's face widened a little, but soon subsided again. With a gentle smile in his eyes, he nodded slowly:

"Yes, it was Buta Island, eight years ago."

"I was under a lot of academic pressure at the time, and it was hard to find free time during the winter and summer vacations. When I was in my sophomore year, I felt too depressed, so I took a few days off and went to Buda Island because I heard there were many high-altitude and offshore projects there. I also wanted to go farther, so I went to Southeast Asia."

"Wen Jin, you were there too. I actually recognized you as soon as you appeared on the show. Although your face often appears on TV and in advertisements, there is still a difference between you in person and on screen. At least... I feel that you are not photogenic in person. You don't look half as good on camera. I really didn't recognize you before."

The atmosphere suddenly became a little wrong.

It's not that it's tense like before, but it's a little subtle. How should I put it...

Everyone else felt vaguely that they were like six huge light bulbs lit in this cave, but even so, it was difficult to conceal the subtle atmosphere between Ren Tuo and Nie Wenjin.

half an hour.

Lu Siyuan coughed lightly and raised his chin towards Ren Tuo with a weird, winking expression:

"Ren Tuo, if you want to participate in this program for Sister Wen Jin, you can just tell us directly. We won't laugh at you."

"Look at your conditions. You have a good family background and you are a career-oriented man who runs your own company. We are all celebrities. Who knows, we may find your company for publicity in the future."

"Sister Wenjin, right?"

Apart from the fact that he and Han Fei were at loggerheads and everyone knew about it, Lu Siyuan had never offended anyone else on the show. Even if someone knew what he had done in private, it would not affect their peaceful coexistence on the surface.

We are all in the same circle, and there is no guarantee that we will meet and work together someday. In this circle, making friends is always more important than making enemies. However, it is a different story for those young people with low emotional intelligence - such as Han Fei.

Nie Wenjin didn't know what he was thinking about, and his face looked a little ugly.

She whispered:

"It's been so long since this happened, I can't remember it until Ren Tuo mentioned it... I don't know what happened to that big brother in the end."

Seeing that she brought the topic back to paragliding, Shu Yi, whose attention was diverted, stopped asking Ren Tuo and pulled Nie Wenjin's sleeve, shaking it back and forth a few times, and asked:
"Sister Wenjin, dear sister, please tell me what happened next. I'm really curious!"

"And eight years ago, you were only 20 years old, right? Why did you go to Buta Island back then? I was still a trainee at the time, exhausted as a dog, not getting enough sleep. You debuted very early, too, so how did you have time back then?"

Nie Wenjin seemed to be lost in memories, his eyes lost some focus and stared aimlessly into the void.

As she recalled, she spoke slowly:
"I followed the crew to the Buda Island to shoot. It was my first movie, and it was made during my college years. You should have heard of it."

It was an art film, and although the plot was only mediocre, it won many awards for art and photography, and the new female lead Nie Wenjin also benefited from it. Later, photography majors often used that movie as an example.

All the scenes in the film were found by the crew with great effort, and they even spent huge amounts of money to take the entire crew overseas to find locations for filming. This matter was specifically mentioned during the publicity and promotion at the time, so people who have seen the film still have some impression of it.

Nie Wenjin briefly withdrew his gaze, and seeing that everyone was listening, he paused and continued:

"After the location shooting was finished, the previous shooting was very stressful. The director and producer thought that letting everyone relax would be more conducive to the subsequent shooting, so they gave us a few days off, saying that we could have a good time this time. This would not be possible if we moved to other places later. Buda Island is the only place with few tourists and is relatively safe overseas. We would definitely not have this opportunity if we went to other places."

"I and other actors in the crew are relatively young, and there are many staff members of the same age, so we made an appointment to rent a small electric donkey to run around, and accidentally ran to the paragliding base on the island."

"It just so happened that at that time, the people in Ren Tuo's car just got out of the car, and we thought it was interesting, so we just watched from the side."

“Then I saw the scene where the big brother got into trouble.”

She pursed her lips, seeming to be unable to continue.

Ren Tuo took over the conversation very considerately and continued:

"What happened was that we were almost at the paragliding base after the chat, and the eldest brother said that he would definitely not land this time. But when we got there, he got on the paraglider and started flying, and we heard him suddenly start swearing from below."

"He was probably cursing at the coach, saying that this guy was the coach who used him as a cushion a few years ago, and he didn't expect to run into him again after returning."

"Paragliding is flying down from the mountain. We are all here together. Although we are all individual travelers and not a tour group, we still have some ties with each other. We were afraid that something might happen to our eldest brother, so we hurried to the landing point."

"Using a car is definitely not as fast as flying. When we rushed over, we only saw an ambulance taking people away."

"I asked the person in charge of the base and found out that it was said that because of the change in wind direction, the coach had to find a place for emergency landing. When the big brother made the emergency landing, his spine was damaged and he couldn't move. Moreover, he was traveling alone and had no relatives or friends to help. We were worried about him. Wen Jin and her group wanted to help after seeing him, but it was difficult. No one even knew which hospital he was taken to."

"We were very excited when we went there, but after this incident, no one dared to go paragliding anymore."

"We just met by chance, no one knew each other, and we didn't even have time to leave contact information."

"So, when you travel, you should avoid such activities, especially when you are traveling alone or overseas. If something really happens, it will be too late to regret it."

After this was said, everyone fell silent.

half an hour.

Nie Wenjin suddenly smiled bitterly and shook his head and said:
"What kind of electronic pickled mustard is this... If I were to see something like this online while eating, I'd probably go into cyber-anorexia right on the spot."

"I had almost forgotten about this matter. Now that I mention it, my already poor appetite has been further reduced..."

Han Fei's expression was a little solemn.

He hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Have you downloaded anti-fraud apps? There have been a lot of such advertisements in the past two years. I have heard of many cases where people were deceived into going out to get their money."

"What you just said gave me a feeling that it was... how should I put it, it was just pretty creepy."

"For an adult man traveling alone overseas, although it is not as safe as traveling with friends, it is unlikely that he will encounter any low-probability dangerous events. And he is not an inexperienced person. He has extensive paragliding experience. It is a bit strange that he capsized in this gutter, isn't it?"

"If you have followed this incident and haven't heard any news about it, and no one has posted it online, then is there a possibility that this guy disappeared after being taken to the hospital?"

The atmosphere just now was subtle and silent, with a bit of inexplicable awkwardness.

But after Han Fei put forward his own opinion, the atmosphere became a little tense.

Nie Wenjin's face was already ugly, and when he heard his words, it turned even paler on the spot.

She moved her lips and asked hesitantly:
"You mean... he was kidnapped?"

Han Fei was silent, shook his head and said:
"I don't know. I'm just guessing. If he's fine, then there's nothing to worry about, right?"

"But if it's true that someone is missing, in the southeast, missing is basically the same as being taken away. If it's kidnapping, the kidnappers will at least call the hostage's family to threaten them, but as for being taken away... it's hard to say."

Silence.

The thunder outside the cave rumbled and became louder, frightening Qi Qingyi so much that she couldn't eat and choked, burping continuously.

She tried hard to swallow the weird-tasting high-energy porridge in her mouth, took a few sips of mineral water, and swallowed the food in her mouth, then pointed outside and said in horror:
"Did you hear anything?"

Everyone looked at Qi Qingyi in confusion.

Han Fei asked directly:
"What? Isn't it just thunder?"

Qi Qingyi was so scared that her voice trembled: "I heard someone talking... Really, I really heard it!"

Everyone else's attention was focused on listening to Ren Tuo and Nie Wenjin reminiscing about the past, and they didn't pay any attention to the outside world at all. In addition, the atmosphere was quite heavy due to what happened later, so they didn't want to pay attention to anything else. After all, there was nothing good to hear outside except thunder and lightning and heavy rain.

Qi Qingyi was young and had not experienced much, so it was even more impossible for her to go and play with such dangerous things without anyone's protection. Instead, she simply listened to the story as if she was listening to it, and occasionally her mind wandered.

Therefore, during this period, she noticed the movement outside.

Shu Yi was stunned for a moment, and quickly said:

"Could it be that the rescue team has arrived? Did the program crew or the authorities notice something was wrong and send someone to look for us?"

Song Mengran, who was shivering with cold, also ate half of the hot food. While the others were chatting, she knew that she had angered everyone before, so she tried to minimize her presence and did not make a sound at all.

But at this time she also put down the lunch box, shook her head and said faintly:

"I heard it too. If the rescue team was coming, there would definitely be a lot of people, and they would shout our names, but there were only two men who spoke just now. They seemed to be shouting something like, 'Save me,'"

"If the rescue team came, how could they shout for help? That would be the opposite of Tian Gang."

Qi Qingyi was so frightened that she kept hiccuping and couldn't utter a complete word, yet she still had time to nod, indicating that what Song Mengran said was correct and that was what she heard.

It was raining heavily, and there was thunder and lightning outside the cave. It was so dark in the wild mountains and wilderness that it was almost as dark as night. How could an ordinary person still run around outside at this time?
Moreover, even if there are snakes on Cangyun Mountain, everyone knows that the appearance of snakes is not normal. Since the program team can set four routes to the cave to arrange the program effect, the mountain has probably been cleared, and the nearest Yunshan Village has already discussed the cooperation plan, so it is unlikely that the villagers will break into the recording site.

Then the problem is coming.

Qi Qingyi and Song Mengran both heard the noise... Who made this noise?
Is it possible that it is not a human?

Many of the guests had this thought at the same time, and like Qi Qingyi, they were frightened and subconsciously trembled.

Only Han Fei and Ren Tuo stood up at the same time and looked outside the cave.

After noticing each other's actions, the two men looked at each other and then quickly looked away.

Han Fei paused, shifted his gaze to the knife on the stone beside the fire, and suddenly spoke:
"I have learned some self-defense skills. How about you lend me your knife? I'll go out and see what's going on."

Ren Tuo picked up the knife with a smile, took out the leather sheath and shook it at Han Fei:
"It just so happens that I have learned a little bit. In that case, let's go out together so that we can have someone to look after us if anything happens, right?"

Han Fei was not too disappointed after being rejected.

Since it has been made clear that Ren Tuo is not a good person, he will certainly not easily hand over his self-defense items to others. This was originally just an attempt to test the bottom line, and he did not expect it to really succeed.

So Han Fei nodded and said to the others, mainly to Qi Qingyi:
"You guys stay here, and it's best if you find the heaviest stone you can swing and use it in your hands to protect yourself."

"I'll go out with him to check the situation. If he doesn't come back within ten minutes, you will stay at the cave entrance and go down the mountain as soon as the rain stops. Don't delay."

Qi Qingyi was a little hesitant and didn't really want to agree, but she had to admit that it made sense for them to do so.

In the cave, only Han Fei and Ren Tuo could be considered combatants. The rest were either girls, injured, or had not recovered from the rain and freezing. If they had to go, Zhong Xiaoyun could barely count, but if all the male guests left, the cave would go from being a safe place to being extremely unsafe.

If Han Fei and Ren Tuo couldn't handle it, then it would be useless for others to go.

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then Han and Ren took off their coats and left them in the cave to avoid the embarrassing situation of not having any dry clothes after being caught in the rain, and then left the cave.

outside the cave.

The rain was heavy like a waterfall. The raindrops in the mountains seemed bigger than those in the city. When they hit your body, it hurt as if you were hit in the face by soybeans.

Han Fei was wearing a helmet, and his bulletproof vest had become much heavier after being soaked in the rain. Even with his optimized fitness, his breath was a little unstable when he walked.

"Ren Tuo, do you like Nie Wenjin?"

As they walked, Han Fei asked casually, as if he had found a topic at random.

Ren Tuo did not show any unusual reaction, nor did he show hostility as before. Instead, he asked with a smile:

"Why do you say that?"

"Don't tell me, just because I mentioned that I met her eight years ago, you all think I fell in love with her at first sight?"

"Even if it's love at first sight, I don't think many men would be so persistent as to wait eight years for the chance to be on the same show for someone they fell in love with at first sight while traveling."

"You think too much of me."

Han Fei didn't look back, but focused on the slippery ground under his feet. He pushed aside the branches and said:

"Just now they said that the sound was in the west. Walk a little further. If you don't see anyone, go back—"

"Who said you were affectionate? It doesn't mean you must have waited for eight years. What if you dated eight hundred girlfriends in the past eight years, and during that window of time you found that Film Queen Nie was the one you were attracted to, and you just happened to have this opportunity, so you signed up for this show?"

"We are all men. If this is the case, there is nothing to hide, don't you think?"

The corners of Ren Tuo's mouth twitched.

It wasn't the kind of speechless twitching, but the expression seemed to want to change, but it was suppressed.

He paused for two seconds before saying:

"Hey, you're really right."

"I came to participate in this program just for Nie Wenjin. If she wasn't on the show, I definitely wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to come."

"So, Han Fei, since you don't seem to be interested in her anyway...why don't you just have fun with Qi Qingyi? Why do you have to talk to her and go out with her to collect firewood?"

Han Fei stopped in surprise and turned to stare at him:
"Fuck buddy, come on, if you really wanted to be alone with her, why didn't you go out with her to collect firewood just now?"

"I came to her because I wanted to ask her something else. You can already see that I'm not interested in her anymore, so why do you still care so much?"

"It's not good to be too stuffy. Really, I advise you to express your ideas boldly. She has come to participate in this dating show to find a partner. Don't listen to her saying that she has never been in a relationship and she just wants to find a feeling to make it easier to film. That must be an excuse!"

Ren Tuo also stopped and stared at Han Fei's face for a long time without any expression.

The latter's eyes were extremely sincere, as if he was advising his brother to be a perfect wingman to catch up quickly without any problems.

half an hour.

He chuckled:
"What you said makes sense..."

"I just don't want to scare her."

"Think about it, a man you met eight years ago chased you to appear on a dating show eight years later. To put it nicely, this is affectionate, but to put it bluntly, this is perverted behavior, which can easily scare girls."

"Han Fei, you've never been in love, right?"

Han Fei nodded sincerely:

"I haven't dated her, but even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run. I think Nie Wenjin is a very simple girl. If you try hard to pursue her, you will definitely get her."

"I heard someone say that the most important things to pursue a girl are sincerity and money."

"You meet the requirements perfectly, what are you afraid of? Be brave and pursue love!"

(End of this chapter)